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Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black bullhead inhabits muddy ditches, streams and ponds of western and central New York and is non-native in eastern New York. It is extirpated from about half of its historic range. Since 1993 there have been 7 verified records, all either from a Tonawanda Creek feeder ditch (native) or a tributary of the Champlain Canal (non-native).